Improvement in molds for manufacturing bottles



P. W. REID.

Molds for Manufacturi No.l69.038.

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td Oct. 19, 1875.

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UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

PETER W. REID, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MGKEE & BROTHERS,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOLDS FOR MANUFAC TURING BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,038, dated October19,1875; application filed October 4, 1875.

to the accompanying drawings, and to the letv ters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a mold for manufacturing bottles connected together, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mold open. Fig. 2 is across-section of the same when closed.

The flask is made in two parts, A and B, hinged together, and having themolds O D formed therein, one-half of each mold being in each half ofthe flask. The two molds have a longitudinal opening between them at a,in which is placed a partition, G, attached to a wire handle, H, pivotedin the bottom part A of the flask.

The method of working this mold is to have the partition G swing intoplace adjoining the mold O, and the glass inserted in said mold. Theflask is then closed, and the bottle blown in the mold G; the flask thenreopened, the partition G swung outside of the flask, and glass insertedin the mold D. -The flask is then closed again, and the bottle blown inthe mold D, which produces twoebottles blown together, theybeingconuected through the aperture.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The flask A B, formed with thetwo molds O D, having an aperture, a, between them, and a swingingpartition, G, to close or open said aperture, substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of September, 1875.

P. W. REID. Witnesses:

WM. A. SKINKLE,

DANIEL BERG.

